Accordin’ to Jordan: Recent Episodes
Jordan Avesar
Insights mostly about drumming, music, surfing and anything fascinating with Los Angeles based drummer, Jordan Avesar.
Podcast art: featuring Martín Martiarena on bass
Welcome back to the podcast. Today I’m talking about pricing my service as a drummer. Using this podcast as a sort of verbal journal.
Welcome back everyone. It’s been a minute. I think it would be fun to try out stand up comedy, also talking about a few surfers on the Chanpionship Tour.
It’s been cool to watch the last 10 years of Kelly Slater’s career and how he won the billabong pipe masters this year!
I’ve been appreciating Justin Bieber’s music lately. As well as the difference between talent and skill.
Coming back today to talk about the tempos I’m choosing for a new EP. it’s interesting how a few notches makes a difference in the feel of a song and it can be easy to overlook. Also, surfings Debut in the Olympics
This podcast has a little bit of everything. From journaling about my thoughts, to surfing, and more in between
Is it really a podcast if it’s a jam session? I think it is, because we talked about the jam afterwards.
Instead of the Sunday Surf Podcast, I thought I’d just talk about surfing this Wednesday a little bit. I’m turning 30 soon, so will I still get better at surfing? Let’s find out how I may?
Billy is a Musician from Mongolia who I met at my new job working at Noma Sushi. We instantly hit it off and have been having some cool discussions about music: Jazz and EDM, and life.
1) Provide more value than you are asking for to everyone you interact with. 2) Practicing understanding rather than frustration at people who feel entitled to your service. If I can hone in these two key elements in my relationships, I think they could be huge pillars to my success.
Hey everyone. This is a sketch of a song. Just felt like putting some ideas into the ether.
Talking about the fundementals of life, maintaining drum practice, working on a new song, and just the idea that if I could write songs acoustically, it will lay the foundation to be able to really work freely with the computer.
I have been studying the talking drum with Francis Awe for several years. He is a master dfummer from Nigeria. In this interview we talk about his experience recording music for Michael Jackson, his relationship with drumming, life and more.
Talking about Tom Curren and Taj Burrow and how influential their careers were. Also how I’m having fun watching the world surf league’s new series “getting Heated” where they discuss the most controversial topics in surfing
Breaking down what goals I want to do this week. Five hours of drum practice. Hopefully having a weekly podcast about my progress will help me stay on track with my goals in music. Finding the balance been setting goals that help and don’t hurt. Also talking about not setting goals that break integrity with myself, but also not setting a goal that is too small. And other thoughts about the process of my life.
When it comes to putting out music, videos, whatever... I gotta have goals for putting them out by a certain deadline, rather than just saying my goal is to work on this song for X amount of time. Because otherwise you can “work” on something for 3 hours and never really get anything done.
Talking about my plans as a drummer, bit acoustically, and electronically, and becoming an artist.
analyzing surf Competition and my surfing - thinking of the moments in surfing competition that progress the sport. And how I can delay my turns more in my surfing to get better. 🤙
So much happening in the world of surfing competition. Talking about the new format, the future, Kelly slater’s twin fin and more
An Epic day at Honolulu Bay! It was awesome seeing Tyler Wright get that 10 pount ride live in time!
One of my favorite podcasts so far. Taking with Shahab about impersonations, sweet bass tones, surfing locations, and more.
And that’s pretty cool. Just a quick episode about gratitude and that we are alive as human beings and that’s pretty special
Surf News: Adriano’s retirement, Surf contests return , How cool would it be to try one of these wave pools, and more...
Thinking about how artists can share so much more then they used to be able to because of the changes in the music industry and the rise of the internet. Curious what the future holds
Isn’t it nice to just have some time in the day to sit upright and breath and really think about what’s the best way to spend the day?
A bit cringe worthy but could have been worse. I think this was my 3rd time trying stand up
Thinking lately about what are my strengths as a drummer and life in general. Also just been feelin goodZ
Thinking about if I actually will become a pro drummer, and how would that happen? Talkin’ success strategies and life.
I want to get a Smaller Crash Cymbal. Also, I generally Appreciate cymbals that don’t get in the way as much.
On this thanksgiving I am thankful for the drums. Today, I played drums and it felt awesome, so find out more
I like keeping it simple, simple cymbals, especially when playing with a singer. Because sometimes the more “sophisticated” cymbals have too many overtones and drown out the singer or the other members. There is a time and place for the complicated cymbals, but I found that I often like to keep it simple.
Here’s a live recording of my friends and I playing. Sean Lee in guitar suggested this song, and showed me the beat, but we never played it before. Maybe that adds to it, haha. Anyways it’s a beautiful melody!
With guest Sujoy and Sean Lee. Good talk about life, plans, and how music styles have changed and influenced each other.
. Often times practice is about maintaining the fundamentals over a long period of time, so that you have no hang ups in your playing. Sometimes deep practice involves a lot of repetition. It’s important not to be too much of a perfectionist while recording or performing, but when you’re practicing, that’s the time to be a perfectionist.
Ive got mad respect for music producers. the skills of an artist and producer often overlap, but the producer is the last line of defense who ensures the artist and/or label that this project will be successful.
My high school band teacher said he only felt satisfied with his saxophone playing twice in his whole life! As musicians, can we sometimes be too critical of our selves? How do we find the right balance?
Have you noticed how different tempos change the feel of a song? Do you have some temples that you feel most comfortable in? How do the great drummers like Tony Williams relate to tempo and the beat? *** I meant to say, “if I am not careful, I personally, may tend to play slightly on the BACK END of the beat” not “slightly behind the beat”;)
Episode 1 of “Acordin’ to Jordin’” (title coined by Donald Fisher) ... Some thoughts about why pop music is so cool.